The evangelist Luke

The Evangelist Luke, now in the Museo del Prado and dated 1700, is a late or posthumous work associated with Wolffort's studio production, as the artist himself died in 1641 — suggesting either a revised dating, a workshop attribution, or a misrecorded date. Saint Luke held special significance for painters: he was venerated as the patron saint of artists, and tradition held that he had painted the first portrait of the Virgin Mary. Including Luke in an Evangelist series was therefore both a devotional and a professional act of homage by any painter's workshop. The Prado's holding of this Flemish work reflects the Spanish Crown's extensive collection of Netherlandish painting accumulated across the Habsburg era. Whether autograph or workshop, the painting participates in Wolffort's sustained engagement with the four Evangelists as a recurring subject type.

Painted on panel, the work carries the careful technical approach associated with Wolffort's studio, where panel supports were favoured for smaller devotional works. Luke's traditional attributes — the winged ox and, often, a painting or sketch of the Virgin — would orient the composition. Flesh tones and drapery handling offer the primary evidence for attribution assessment.